[Intro]
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[Verse 1]
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My friend Sally says she knows ya
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Got a funny point of view
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Says you got away with murder
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Maybe one time, maybe two
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Something happens in the morning
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When I can’t see those failing eyes
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I can’t find a good word for ya
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Does it come as a surprise?
[Chorus]
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I don’t think we’d rhyme
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I will wear you down in time
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I will hurt you, I’ll desert you
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I Am Jackie down the line
[Verse 2]
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Said did Sally ’bout a future
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Before you bored of her as well
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If all you want is entertainment
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If you can’t have it you make hell
[Pre-Chorus]
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Don’t make no odds for ye
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To be told, yeah
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Don’t make no odds for ye
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To be told, yeah
[Chorus]
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I don’t think we’d rhyme
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I will wear you down in time
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I will hurt you, I’ll desert you
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I Am Jackie down the line
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I don’t think we’d rhyme
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I will wear you down in time
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I will hurt you, I’ll desert you
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I Am Jackie down the line
[Interlude]
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[Verse 3]
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So come on down to Sally’s boneyard
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See her spirit in decline
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See the handsome mourners crying
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They hawked a beating heart for a sturdy spine, yeah
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What good is happiness to me
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If I’ve to wield it carefully?
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For care I’ll always come up short
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It’s only right
[Chorus]
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I don’t think we’d rhyme
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I will wear you down in time
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I will hurt you, I’ll desert you
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I Am Jackie down the line
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I don’t think we’d rhyme
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I will wear you down in time
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I will hurt you, I’ll desert you
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I Am Jackie down the line
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I don’t think we’d rhyme
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I will wear you down in time
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I will hurt you, I’ll desert you
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I Am Jackie down the line
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And I will stone ye, I’ll alone ye
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I Am Jackie down the line
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If I can make you, I can break you
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I Am Jackie down the line
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I Am Jackie down the line
[Outro]
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Do Do do…
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